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Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks.. Strong currents of Huckleberry Finn weave through this newest big novel from Banks, one of our greatest living novelists. Powerful, complex and visionary. – Joel Gardner, LitSnap Editor |
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"This book expresses the conviction that we live in perilous, creepy times. We toy recklessly with brand-new capacities for ruination. We bring the most human impulses to the least human means of expressing them, and we may not see the damage we do until it becomes irrevocable. Mr. Banks, whose great works resonate with such heart and soul, brings his full narrative powers to bear on illuminating this still largely unexplored new terrain." – The New York Times "Banks (The Reserve, 2008, etc.) once again explores the plight of the dispossessed, taking a big risk this time by making his protagonist a convicted sex offender." – Kirkus Reviews |
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Author bio: Russell Banks was raised in New Hampshire and eastern Massachusetts. The eldest of four children, he grew up in a working-class environment, which has played a major role in his writing. Mr. Banks (who was the first in his family to go to college) attended Colgate University for less than a semester, and later graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before he could support himself as a writer, he tried his hand at plumbing, and as a shoe salesman and window trimmer. More recently, he has taught at a number of colleges and universities, including Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence, University of New Hampshire, New England College, New York University and Princeton University. More information can be found here: http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm/author_number/1065/russell-banks |
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Book Details: General Fiction; (416 pp. Convincing: Print only) Publisher Website: http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Lost-Memory-of-Skin-Russell-Banks?isbn=9780061857638&HCHP=TB_Lost+Memory+of+Skin |
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